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- ↑ "End In Sight For "Lawsons"". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 34, 650. New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 4 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "BLUE HILLS, NEW GWEN MEREDITH SERIAL TO FOLLOW THE LAWSONS", ABC weekly, Sydney, 15 January 1949, retrieved 4 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "LAWSONS RECORDS", ABC weekly, Sydney, 15 January 1949, retrieved 4 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ ""Lawsons" Author Never Listens To Serials". The Sunday Herald (Sydney) . No. 2. New South Wales, Australia. 30 January 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 4 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Farm and Home Hour", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 19 February 1944, retrieved 4 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "The Lawsons are real people to listeners", ABC weekly, Sydney, 25 November 1944, retrieved 4 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "GWEN MEREDITH IS WRITING LAWSONS NOVEL", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 8 June 1946, retrieved 4 February 2024– via Trove
- 1 2 "MEET THE LAWSONS Down the farm!", ABC weekly, Sydney, 8 September 1945, retrieved 4 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ ""The Lawsons" for Wagga". Daily Advertiser . New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 4 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Lawsons Has World Premiere As Stage Play", ABC weekly, Sydney, 28 January 1950, retrieved 4 February 2024– via Trove